Which band, which yagi?
I have a tower .4 miles from my house, but on the inside I still lose signal. I'm thinking of adding an external antenna like a yagi. The yagies are band spcific, 800mhz. Ist there any way to know if the tower by my house is 800 or 1900mhz?
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We really don't recommend putting pur antenna's like that b/c we can't support them if anything goes wrong, plus they could cause some interference with our existing towers.
Even though the tower is right near you, it's very likely that you may not have signal inside the house. Is the house made of stone or brick? If so, that's probably why you don't have signal.
Even though the tower is right near you, it's very likely that you may not have signal inside the house. Is the house made of stone or brick? If so, that's probably why you don't have signal.
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Yea, the house is masonary. The house is also topigraphically lower than the tower location. Both trees and houses block line-of-site to my first floor. On the second floor, on the tower side of the house, reception is very good.
I am porting my land line to Verizon cellular and will use a cellsocket device, Dock-N-Talk, to connect up a V-Tech 2.4 GHz base with some cordless phones. The cell phone will stay put, next to the Dock-N-Talk, so maybe I can just put it upstairs.
I guess this is the kind of thing Verizon CEO thinks is rediculous. Maybe he would feel better if he knew my land line was SBC, not Verizon?
It will be great IF it works out. If not, I'll have a good story to share on the forums. I think SBC will forgive me and ta...
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I am porting my land line to Verizon cellular and will use a cellsocket device, Dock-N-Talk, to connect up a V-Tech 2.4 GHz base with some cordless phones. The cell phone will stay put, next to the Dock-N-Talk, so maybe I can just put it upstairs.
I guess this is the kind of thing Verizon CEO thinks is rediculous. Maybe he would feel better if he knew my land line was SBC, not Verizon?
It will be great IF it works out. If not, I'll have a good story to share on the forums. I think SBC will forgive me and ta...
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Someone else said if it's an antenna that plugs into the phone, that's not recommended... if it's a signal booster or repeater that just pulls a signal from outside and boost it that's fine. To find out what frequency your wireless provider uses check out http://wirelessadvisor.com/ they will list it out for you.
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Wirelessadvisor.com lists both bands. Does Verizon use both bands on all towers? If not, what determines which they use. Is one technology newer? Is one better in rural, the other better in urban situations? Anybody have suggestions on where to find answers to these questions?
Thanks, great forum!
Thanks, great forum!
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